On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 17:57, Nix, Robert P. wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steffan Jacobs [SMTP:steffanjacobs@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:08 AM > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: shutdown disappeared > > > > Steffan Jacobs wrote: > > > > > Antti wrote: > > > > > >> I just clicked shutdown and it says: shutdown: command not found. I did > > >> 'locate shutdown' and I found it, but after updatedb it had vanished. > > >> What the hell happened? Where do I get a new shutdown? Halt doesn't work > > >> either since, AFAIK halt uses shutdown also... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > Did you do anything with root in that session? You must have because > > > only root could delete it. However whatever the cause, it sounds like > > > you will have to reinstall it from the cd. Does anyone know what > > > package it's in? > > > Did you look in the directory that locate said the file was in (my guess is /sbin) > to see if the file was actually gone? Were you logged in as root at the time the > command wasn't found? Had you changed your path at all during the session? > is /sbin in your path? > > I'd look for the simple answers before starting to reinstall packages. Your heart > will beat a lot slower as a result... I don't remember 'who' I was when I did a locate, but I do remember that it was in /sbin, like you said. But the funny part is that I really haven't done anything related to shutdown, except used it when shutting the computer down from the gui. And I haven't changed my path. -- Antti <antti@xxxxxxxxxxx>
